Engineering Manager, Mechanical

Engineering Manager, Mechanical# Engineering Manager, Mechanical Maple Grove, MN 55369## Overview Salary Range$ - $ Salary/year

Level Management Position  Type Full Time Job Shift First Education  Level4 Year Degree Category Engineering ## Description MAS creates custom-engineered thermal management solutions for markets that thrive on flexibility, creativity, and bold ideas. From humble beginnings to becoming an emergent multi‐brand manufacturing leader, we’ve grown by bringing in great people and empowering them to do great work.

At MAS, we believe innovation happens when everyone contributes, diversity of thought is celebrated, and people feel supported in their growth. We take pride in working hard together—tackling challenges, solving problems, and having fun along the way. As we expand into both emerging and mission-critical industries, we stay committed to delivering efficient, competitive, and sustainable heating and cooling technologies. And throughout your career here, you’ll have the chance to directly shape the foundation for what's next in our industry.
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* Position Summary:

** The Mechanical Engineering Manager leads the Design and Mechanical Engineering disciplines for MAS liquid cooling products. They serve as the senior authority for mechanical architecture, product performance, engineering standards, validation strategy, and design governance. This position manages senior mechanical engineers, mechanical engineers, designers, and drafters while providing technical leadership for CDU, RDHx, AALC and future liquid cooling platforms.

The role owns mechanical design strategy from concept through commercial release and maintains accountability for product technical performance throughout the product lifecycle. The position works closely with product management, electrical engineering, controls engineering, manufacturing engineering, production engineering, procurement, quality, commissioning, and leadership.

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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Mechanical Engineering Discipline Leadership
* Own and lead the Mechanical Engineering discipline across all liquid cooling product development activities.
* Establish engineering standards, design methodologies, calculation methods, and best practices.
* Drive consistency, technical excellence, and continuous improvement within the mechanical engineering function.
* Serve as the senior authority for mechanical design decisions and engineering governance.
* Establish design review processes and engineering approval requirements.
** Team Leadership and People Development
*** Provide formal management and development of mechanical engineers, designers, and drafters.
* Manage staffing plans, resource allocation, workload balancing, and project assignments.
* Conduct performance management, coaching, mentoring, and career development planning.
* Build technical capability and succession planning within the engineering organization.
* Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, innovation, and engineering excellence.
** Product Architecture and Mechanical Design Ownership
*** Lead mechanical architecture development for CDU, RDHx, AALC, and future liquid cooling platforms.
* Own mechanical design decisions from concept through prototype, validation, and production release.
* Review and approve major system layouts, assemblies, and design documentation.
* Ensure products meet performance, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost objectives.
* Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Serviceability (DFS), and Design for Cost initiatives.
** Component Selection Standards
*** Own engineering standards and selection methodologies for pumps, heat exchangers, valves, sensors, piping, fittings, filtration devices, expansion systems, and related mechanical components.
* Establish approved component strategies that improve reliability, serviceability, availability, and lifecycle cost.
* Define qualification requirements for critical mechanical components.
* Partner with sourcing, quality, and suppliers to evaluate new technologies and components.
** Mechanical Validation and Laboratory Ownership
*** Own mechanical engineering validation strategy for all…